Comments on: Shanghai update http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/ Blogging Asian Art and Culture Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nancy http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-7111 Nancy Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:43:38 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-7111 I loved this piece - not just the lights but the musical sounds. I asked the guards if the museum makes them to Tai Chi in front of it every morning. Totally poker faced, one of the guards replied, "No Yoga." HA! Now the secret is out. I have a great visual of all of you, doing forward bends to the chime sounds. Seriously, it's a great piece and a great show. I hope you like my more extended review when I finally pull it together. My only critique is that I would have liked to have seen some photos of opium addicts and bound feet as a more pointed contrast between "old" and "new" Shanghai. I realize that might have thrown parts of the exhibit off balance, but I felt that a photo of "bound feet" would have been a fascinating visual comparison with the posters of the New Woman of the 1920's and 1930's Shanghai. I loved this piece – not just the lights but the musical sounds. I asked the guards if the museum makes them to Tai Chi in front of it every morning. Totally poker faced, one of the guards replied, “No Yoga.”
HA! Now the secret is out. I have a great visual of all of you, doing forward bends to the chime sounds. Seriously, it’s a great piece and a great show. I hope you like my more extended review when I finally pull it together. My only critique is that I would have liked to have seen some photos of opium addicts and bound feet as a more pointed contrast between “old” and “new” Shanghai. I realize that might have thrown parts of the exhibit off balance, but I felt that a photo of “bound feet” would have been a fascinating visual comparison with the posters of the New Woman of the 1920′s and 1930′s Shanghai.

]]> By: Ana http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-7095 Ana Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:11:45 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-7095 My turn to thanks! Of course, distance does make a difference, but quite often this is not an obvious limitation - your latest post, nico, puts it in better words then I could. My turn to thanks! Of course, distance does make a difference, but quite often this is not an obvious limitation – your latest post, nico, puts it in better words then I could.

]]> By: Diehl Art http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-7043 Diehl Art Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:39:20 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-7043 What an interesting installation! Would love to see the neon tube piece! What an interesting installation! Would love to see the neon tube piece!

]]> By: nico http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6985 nico Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:10 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-6985 Hi Ana, thanks for the links! We've got some great programming coming up related to Shanghai music--check the Shanghai sounds section of the site: http://www.asianart.org/shanghai.htm And I'm really looking forward to this, although it's probably a little more SF-related: http://www.shanghaicelebration.com/programs-date.htm#june-forbidden Hi Ana, thanks for the links! We’ve got some great programming coming up related to Shanghai music–check the Shanghai sounds section of the site: http://www.asianart.org/shanghai.htm
And I’m really looking forward to this, although it’s probably a little more SF-related: http://www.shanghaicelebration.com/programs-date.htm#june-forbidden

]]> By: Ana http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6920 Ana Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:21:55 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-6920 Elsewhere on the web, a story of traditional Shanghai music makes a great backdrop for reading your posts! [associated by coincidence with opening your latest newsletter this morning] Here it is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cwxgt http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xm2j Is there a musical backdrop of the exhibition? Elsewhere on the web, a story of traditional Shanghai music makes a great backdrop for reading your posts! [associated by coincidence with opening your latest newsletter this morning]

Here it is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cwxgt

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005xm2j

Is there a musical backdrop of the exhibition?

]]> By: erica http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2010/02/01/shanghai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-6906 erica Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:27:29 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=2215#comment-6906 Love the photo of the Shen Fan piece! Love the photo of the Shen Fan piece!

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